Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 226
... political power , then neither Jew nor Gentile has such a right . The whole foundation of government is taken away ... political power . Therefore it is right that some person or persons should possess political power . That is to say ...
... political power , then neither Jew nor Gentile has such a right . The whole foundation of government is taken away ... political power . Therefore it is right that some person or persons should possess political power . That is to say ...
Page 228
... politicians reasoned about the Irish Catholics . The Catholics ought to have no political power . The sun of England is set for ever if the Catholics exercise political power . Give the Catholics everything else ; but keep political ...
... politicians reasoned about the Irish Catholics . The Catholics ought to have no political power . The sun of England is set for ever if the Catholics exercise political power . Give the Catholics everything else ; but keep political ...
Page 507
... political opinion had produced , not indeed a quarrel , but a coolness between Swift and Addison . They at length ceased altogether to see each other . Yet there was between them a tacit compact like that between the hereditary guests ...
... political opinion had produced , not indeed a quarrel , but a coolness between Swift and Addison . They at length ceased altogether to see each other . Yet there was between them a tacit compact like that between the hereditary guests ...
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